faena
[faˈena]
The verdict
“faena” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #19,407 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #19,407
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción que debe realizarse para una finalidad determinada, como oficio de alguien, o como parte de un proceso o procedimiento.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faena |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [faˈena] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #19,407 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “faena” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for faena is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [faˈena]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,407 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for faena, with forms such as "afena", "faean", and "faenna". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fan", "fea", "fama", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is faena, spelled F-A-E-N-A.
Definition
- 1Acción que debe realizarse para una finalidad determinada, como oficio de alguien, o como parte de un proceso o procedimiento.
- 2Acción o efecto de matar reses o ganado, faenar.
- 3Situación desagradable e inesperada que se produce a causa de la acción de alguien contra otros.
- 4Cada una de las posiciones y operaciones que se efectúan con el toro en la arena.
- 5Trabajo agrícola, en particular el que se hace en una hacienda y que requiere gran esfuerzo físico.
- 6Lugar donde se realiza la faena₁.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: afena,faean,faenna,fanea,feana,ffaena
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of faena - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “faena”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-A-E-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [faˈena] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fan” - see the side-by-side comparison. faena vs fan
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.